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Marina di Cefalu - or how to waste 70Euro

8/4/2017

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 We had a lovely stay in the Aeolian Islands we arranged for our winter berth in the south of Sicily. With the wind and weather pattern for the upcoming days we decided to take the long way around Sicily and go west, rather than going through the Strait of Messina. A few hours before sunset we arrived in the marina of Cefalu. At first we didn’t want to go into the marina and tried anchoring just inside the breakwater but then decided to go further in. A big catamaran came in behind us but went straight to the pontoon where there were 2 marineros waving them in. We were ignored. We finally were seen and guided to the berth next to the Cat. We tied up and went to check in; on our way to the office (which is just a container) we were joking about the fees. We expected about 30 Euro for the night and got a shock when we were asked to pay 70 Euro! Let me tell you about the facilities in the marina: a vending machine next to the office! We had a shower and made some dinner. We planned on leaving early the next morning and had an early night. There wasn’t much wind but the swell was massive and all the boats along the floating pontoon were bashing about back and forth, left and right. We crashed into the pontoon twice and decided at 10pm that this marina will not work for us, so we untied ourselves and anchored just outside the marina. We got up at 3am and left towards Palermo. 70 Euro well spent – NOT! Any ideas what we could have spent the money on instead?

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